Winter is back and I'm drinking Milo

I was never this cold in Scotland! Today there's been a gusty southerly and the temperature has dropped back to Winter levels. It's nearly November and we should be having mild weather. Looking longingly at pics online of the Scottish highlands. There are lovely pics of Glencoe Wood on the www.highlandtitles.com website. Oh, to be there now, drinking tea, or even better, a lovely Scottish single malt whisky, sitting in front of a tent on our small chunk of land. The closest we've been to Glencoe Wood is Fort William. We were in Scotland in 2008-2009, and we travelled by train from Edinburgh to Fort William, then the train trip to Mallaig, planning to catch the ferry to Skye. What a gorgeous train trip! There weren't many travellers on that train, and we had a bit of a guided tour by a holidaying bus driver who knew the countryside really well. Our ferry to Skye first had to do a 6-hour trip around the Small Isles, and as it was a glorious blue-sky but freezing cold day, who could refuse that? And late in the afternoon the ferry returned to Mallaig then took us over to Skye. We fell in love, of course. Perhaps we'd already been in love with Skye. We were there a few days, went on a car tour all over the island, but the highlight was going for a car trip with our B&B hosts 'out the back' of Sleat, and the scenery and the company was splendid. All too soon we had to leave, but with a promise of returning to see our new friends and their wonderful island. Sigh. I'd go back tomorrow.

My first cup of tea

Pandora and I have been acquainted for some time. She has been in my creative life and activity since the early 1990s. Today we share a cup of tea to celebrate my recent metamorphosis into Lady Catherine, proud landowner, along with my husband, Laird Peter, of a lovely, but very small chunk of land in our beloved Scotland. Laird Peter subscribes to Scotland Magazine, and one day he noted on their homepage (on their website) a very small ad for highlandtitles.com in which they advertised their involvement in the Scottish Woodland Alliance project to restore the Caledonian Forest, and namely, Glencoe Wood.
Laird Peter was overjoyed when I responded enthusiastically to the prospect of purchasing a lot each of 100 square feet. What a wonderful conservation idea! The Highland Titles packages arrived at our door, and so chuffed were we to know that we have helped, in a very small way, to protect and restore a very important piece of Scotland and its future. Family and friends, while amused at our titles, know full well how serious we are about this project. Laird Peter has since found a wonderful aerial picture of the Wood on google earth, and we can hardly wait to visit the place and stand on our very own land.
So, I heartily recommend this wonderful cause to all. We live in Australia, have been to Scotland once, and have Scottish ancestry, of which we are very proud.
http://www.highlandtitles.com is well worth a visit.
Now for that celebratory cup of tea.